List of French films of 1988

This is a list of films produced in France in 1988.

French films released in 1988

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
36 Fillette	Catherine Breillat	Delphine Zentout, Étienne Chicot, Olivier Parnière	Drama	^[1]^[2]
The Abyss	André Delvaux	Gian Maria Volonté, Sami Frey, Jacques Lippe	Historical film	French–Belgian co-production^[3]^[4]
The Bear	Jean-Jacques Annaud	Tchéky Karyo	Children's/Family, adventure	^[5]^[6]
The Big Blue	Luc Besson	Jean-Marc Barr, Rosanna Arquette, Jean Reno	Adventure	^[7]^[8]
Camille Claudel	Bruno Nuytten	Isabelle Adjani, Gérard Depardieu, Laurent Grévill	Drama	^[9]^[10]
Chocolat	Claire Denis	François Cluzet, Isaach de Bankolé, Giulia Boschi	Drama
Cinema Paradiso	Giuseppe Tornatore	Philippe Noiret, Salvatore Cascio, Marco Leonardi	Drama	Italian–French co-production^[11]^[12]
Emmanuelle 6	Bruno Zincone	Nathalie Uher, Jean-René Gossart, Tamira	Adult	^[13]^[14]
L'enfance de l'art	Francis Girod			Entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
Faceless	Jesús Franco	Helmut Berger, Brigitte Lahaie, Telly Savalas	Horror
Gandahar	René Laloux		—	^[15]
Hôtel Terminus	Marcel Ophüls	Klaus Barbie, Marcel Ophüls	Documentary film
Kung-Fu Master	Agnès Varda			Entered into the 38th Berlin International Film Festival
Let Sleeping Cops Lie	José Pinheiro	Alain Delon, Michel Serrault	Crime
Life Is a Long Quiet River	Étienne Chatiliez	Benoît Magimel	Comedy	4 wins & 3 nominations
The Little Thief	Claude Miller	Charlotte Gainsbourg, Didier Bezace, Simon de La Brosse	Drama	^[16]
Natalia	Bernard Cohn			Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
Story of Women	Claude Chabrol	Isabelle Huppert	Drama	Nomin. for Golden Globe, +9 wins, +3 nom.
To Kill a Priest	Agnieszka Holland	Christopher Lambert, Ed Harris, Joss Ackland	Crime
Sand and Blood	Jeanne Labrune			Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival
The Vanishing	George Sluizer	Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu, Johanna ter Steege, Gene Bervoets	Thriller	Dutch–French co-production^[17]^[18]^[19]

Notes

1. LeVasseur, Andrea. "36 Fillette". AllMovie. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
2. "36 fillette" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
3. Firsching, Robert. "L'Oeuvre Au Noir". AllMovie. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
4. "L'Oeuvre Au Noir" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
5. Deming, Mark. "The Bear". AllMovie. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
6. Curwood, James Oliver (1989). The Bear: A Novel. Newmarket Press. p. xiii. ISBN 978-1557040534. The Jean-Jacques Annaud production of The bear opened in paris on October 19, 1988
7. "Le Grand bleu". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved December 22, 2014.
8. Deming, Mark. "The Big Blue (1988)". AllMovie. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
9. "Camille Claudel". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved March 2, 2015.
10. Blaise, Judd. "Camille Claudel (1988)". AllMovie. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
11. "Nuovo Cinema Paradiso". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved December 22, 2014.
12. Brennan, Sandra. "Cinema Paradiso (1988)". AllMovie. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
13. "Emmanuelle 6". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved December 22, 2014.
14. Pavlides, Dan. "Emmanuelle 6". AllMovie. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
15. "Gandahar". Bifi.fr (in French). Retrieved March 2, 2015.
16. "The Little Thief (1988)".
17. "Spoorloos" (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
18. Rasmussen, Linda. "The Vanishing". AllMovie. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
19. "The Vanishing Misc. Notes". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 2, 2015.

External links

• 1988 in France
• French films of 1988 at the Internet Movie Database
• French films of 1988 at Cinema-francais.fr